I had a good chuckle at this, considering that the fact that time travel has remained unattainable for centuries, and this kid gets it as an accident :D
Form is equal to or greater than function? I think if Kelley had spent more time on the physics and less time on the dog and pony show, this would never have happened. And since I’m talking about a character as if he was a real person, I have been drawn into the story.